French Colonial Africa. Christian missionary postcard collection, ca. 1922-1959
1.5 manuscript boxes (398 postcards)
Postcards mainly from French and Italian Catholic missions working in Africa - Algeria, Angola, Cameroons, Congo, Cote-d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cote d'Or (Gold Coast, West Africa), Dahomey (Republic of Benin), Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Lessouto (Lesotho, Basutoland), Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda), Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.
Missions include Missioni della Consolata, Catechistes Missionnaires de Marie Immaculee, Mission Catholique de Brazzaville, Congregation de Saint-Joseph de Cluny, Congregation des Filles de la Croix de Liege (red cross), Les Franciscains Missionnaires de Marie (au Maroc), Ligue Nationale Pour la Protection de L'Enfance Noir, L'Oeuvre de la Propagation de la Foi, Mission des Filles de la Charite de St. Vincent de Paul (Maison), Mission des R.R.P.P. Jesuits au Kwango, Missionnaires du S. Coeur, Borgerhout-Anvers, Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit, Missions des Scheut, Postulats des Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre Dame d'Afrique, Societe des Missions Evangeliques, Mission des Freres-Mineurs.
Cards portray primarily Catholic missions in French colonial Africa, but not exclusively. Some are Italian, particularly for the Missioni della Consolata.
African Studies
French Colonial Africa. Christian missionary postcard collection, ca. 1922-1959
1.5 manuscript boxes (398 postcards)
Postcards mainly from French and Italian Catholic missions working in Africa - Algeria, Angola, Cameroons, Congo, Cote-d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cote d'Or (Gold Coast, West Africa), Dahomey (Republic of Benin), Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Lessouto (Lesotho, Basutoland), Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda), Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.
Missions include Missioni della Consolata, Catechistes Missionnaires de Marie Immaculee, Mission Catholique de Brazzaville, Congregation de Saint-Joseph de Cluny, Congregation des Filles de la Croix de Liege (red cross), Les Franciscains Missionnaires de Marie (au Maroc), Ligue Nationale Pour la Protection de L'Enfance Noir, L'Oeuvre de la Propagation de la Foi, Mission des Filles de la Charite de St. Vincent de Paul (Maison), Mission des R.R.P.P. Jesuits au Kwango, Missionnaires du S. Coeur, Borgerhout-Anvers, Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit, Missions des Scheut, Postulats des Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre Dame d'Afrique, Societe des Missions Evangeliques, Mission des Freres-Mineurs.
Cards portray primarily Catholic missions in French colonial Africa, but not exclusively. Some are Italian, particularly for the Missioni della Consolata.
African Studies
French Colonial Africa. Christian missionary postcard collection, ca. 1922-1959
1.5 manuscript boxes (398 postcards)
Postcards mainly from French and Italian Catholic missions working in Africa - Algeria, Angola, Cameroons, Congo, Cote-d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cote d'Or (Gold Coast, West Africa), Dahomey (Republic of Benin), Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Lessouto (Lesotho, Basutoland), Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda), Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.
Missions include Missioni della Consolata, Catechistes Missionnaires de Marie Immaculee, Mission Catholique de Brazzaville, Congregation de Saint-Joseph de Cluny, Congregation des Filles de la Croix de Liege (red cross), Les Franciscains Missionnaires de Marie (au Maroc), Ligue Nationale Pour la Protection de L'Enfance Noir, L'Oeuvre de la Propagation de la Foi, Mission des Filles de la Charite de St. Vincent de Paul (Maison), Mission des R.R.P.P. Jesuits au Kwango, Missionnaires du S. Coeur, Borgerhout-Anvers, Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit, Missions des Scheut, Postulats des Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre Dame d'Afrique, Societe des Missions Evangeliques, Mission des Freres-Mineurs.
Cards portray primarily Catholic missions in French colonial Africa, but not exclusively. Some are Italian, particularly for the Missioni della Consolata.